After the huge success of The Best of Jackie, this is the follow-up title, The Best of Jackie Annual - more great material, reproduced in facsimile form true to the original. Compulsive quizzes, such as 'Will You Live Happily Ever After?', great advice, including 'A Jackie Guide to Making Money', exclusive Jackie pop features such as 'Un Jour Avec David A Paris' (a [lovely] day out with David [Essex] in Paris) and much more to pore over and remember.
From the bestselling author of UNDERLAND, THE OLD WAYS and THE LOST WORDS - an essay on the joy of reading, for anyone who has ever loved a book Every book is a kind of gift to its reader, and the act of giving books is charged with a special emotional resonance. It is a meeting of three minds (the giver, the author, the recipient), an exchange of intellectual and psychological currency, that leaves each participant enriched. Here Robert Macfarlane recounts the story of a book he was given as a young man, and how he managed eventually to return the favour, though never repay the debt. From one of the most lyrical writers of our time comes a perfectly formed gem, a lyrical celebration of the transcendent power and humanity of the given book.
This title celebrates a golden anniversary by taking a walk down memory lane with a compilation of stories, articles, quizzes and practical advice galore from the original Jackie Magazines. Along with special articles written by many of the original editors who worked on Jackie, this fun-packed assortment of highlights recalls the days when Donny Osmond and David Cassidy ruled the airwaves, Elton still had his own hair and 10cc was a band and not just a measurement.
This bumper edition of nostalgic pages from themagazine that was truly top of the pops with every girl inthe country for almost thirty years after its first publicationin 1964.The magazine?s heyday came in the seventieswhen The Osmonds, David Essex, The Bay City Rollers,David Cassidy and Slade were among the regular facesappearing in its pages but it wasn?t just for the pop, TVand film stars that girls beat a path to their localnewsagent?s door. Like the original magazine, TheBiggest Jackie Annual Ever! it includes fashion andbeauty tips, puzzles and quizzes to help you find out, forexample, the difference between loving someone andbeing in love with someone, recipes, horoscopes andenthralling Readers? True Experiences as well as asmattering of romantic picture story strips.
In this year's Rupert Annual, Rupert discovers a secret path, goes on a chilly adventure to meet King Frost, solves a mystery with the help of a clever parrot and much more! Enjoy a brand-new story 'Rupert and April Showers', originated and illustrated by Stuart Trotter, plus a selection of much-loved activities to complete at home. The stories included are: Rupert and Poll Parrot Rupert and the Secret Path Rupert and the Water Boatman Rupert and the Silent Dog Rupert and the Deep Freeze
Attempts to define what comics are and explain how they work have not always been successful because they are premised upon the idea that comic strips, comic books and graphic novels are inherently and almost exclusively visual. This book challenges that premise, and asserts that comics is not just a visual medium. The book outlines the multisensory aspects of comics: the visual, audible, tactile, olfactory and gustatory elements of the medium. It rejects a synaesthetic approach (by which all the senses are engaged through visual stimuli) and instead argues for a truly multisensory model by which the direct stimulation of the reader’s physical senses can be understood. A wide range of examples demonstrates how multisensory communication systems work in both commercial and more experimental contexts. The book concludes with a case study that looks at the works of Alan Moore and indicates areas of interest that multisensory analysis can draw out, but which are overlooked by more conventional approaches.
A 1970s childhood was, for many, a life of happy-go-lucky freedom set against a soundtrack of pop music played on a transistor radio dangling from the handlebars of a Raleigh Chopper. It was a playground battlefield of Sindy versus Action Man or a dexterous display of how to handle Clackers without painfully rapping them across the knuckles. After-school television meant a choice of 'Blue Peter' or 'Magpie', while chewing on an Aztec chocolate bar and flicking through Shoot or Jackie magazine. Yet it was also a decade of strikes, the three-day week and the Winter of Discontent which passed most children by unless a power cut meant no television. This fully illustrated book is a celebration of that childhood, its highs, lows and scraped knees, that will readily bring back the forgotten memories of a generation that grew up without mobile phones, the internet and 24-hour shopping.
The modern Christmas was made by the Victorians and rooted in their belief in commerce, family and religion. Their rituals and traditions persist to the present day but the festival has also been changed by growing affluence, shifting family structures, greater expectations of happiness and material comfort, technological developments and falling religious belief. Christmas became a battleground for arguments over consumerism, holiday entitlements, social obligations, communal behaviour and the influence of church, state and media. Even in private, it encouraged reflection on social change and the march of time. Amongst those unhappy at the state of the world or their own lives, Christmas could induce much cynicism and even loathing but for a quieter majority it was a happy time, a moment of a joy in a sometimes difficult world that made the festival more than just an integral feature of the calendar: Christmas was one of British culture's emotional high points. Moreover, it was also a testimony to the enduring importance of family, shared values and a common culture in the UK. Martin Johnes shows how Christmas and its traditions have been lived, adapted and thought about in Britain since 1914. Christmas and the British is about the festival's social, cultural and economic functions, and its often forgotten status as both the most unusual and important day of the year
Covers plays produced in New York, awards, details of productions, prizes, people, and publications, as well as the editors' choices of the ten best plays
Despite hundreds of books and thousands of articles on Jackie Kennedy, surprisingly little is known about her mother's role in her life and achievements. Often dismissed as a social climber who faded into the woodwork after she divorced Jackie's father-the dashing, disreputable "Black Jack" Bouvier-and married the rich Hugh D. Auchincloss, Janet not only played a pivotal part in Jackie's own wedding to JFK, but often served as a stand-in for Jackie during the White House years, and helped her cope with John and Caroline after the assassination. The only book to explore this fascinating mother-daughter relationship, Janet & Jackie is filled with stories that shed new light on the personal life of an American icon.
